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18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

colleges and universities.) “Racism creates unequal economic opportunities,” Neumann said, noting that Netflix has $5 billion on its cash balance sheet and encouraging other companies to move even just 1 or 2 percent of their investments... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

embrace change.” At the same time, as a student of organizational behavior, Nohria said he understood the importance of remaining resolute about certain traditions that have made HBS great, such as the case method and professors close to practice. Striking a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

careful not to become too routinized in how they deliver the message or in how they express care and concern. Ideally, personnel should be chosen who are able to strike a balance between these two extremes. We also believe that companies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth, disruptive innovations typically take advantage of "asymmetries of motivation" by entering markets that incumbents are motivated to exit or ignore. Looking at a competitor's income statement, View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - MBA

funds to get to the same level as someone else, and the focus is on balancing the outcome and end state rather than the support given. That is hard for institutions, because you don’t want to give disproportional benefits, but the reality... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could

rejected Cook, and the balance from a private-equity firm, Charterhouse Group. “As a matter of principle” Charterhouse demanded that Rogers ante up $100,000 of his own money. “I told them it might as well be $10 million because I only had... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

more balanced energy menu. After examining the pros and cons of various energy sources, such as coal, nuclear, natural gas, wind, and solar, the book concludes that conservation (principally through energy efficiency) and solar energy... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

stories of playing shell games with credit cards, using one to pay off another when the money wasn’t coming in. Where successful entrepreneurs were able to execute, though, it seemed to include a combination of two things: first, View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

The Brazil-USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Trade, Law and Development (summer 2012) Abstract The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2006 (Revised May 2006)
Case

JA Worldwide: Managing Change in a Multi-governed Environment

By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson

Post-merger, the head of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide must now oversee operations in 98 countries serving 6.6 million students, with over 7,600 local chapter board directors. President and CEO David Chernow's own board has increased to 111 members. Two separate... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance; Business or Company Management; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Balance and Stability

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07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

of Kansas City) The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract—We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language

map of New York to drive in Los Angeles. As examples, the authors cite the ongoing movement for a U.S. balanced budget amendment; the IMF's use of the deficit to assess fiscal prudence; the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to limit U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

company? A: Running a four-drive company is like riding a unicycle-it takes a lot of work to maintain the balance among these four drives. The primary threat to a perfect four-drive company is to avoid letting any one drive become too... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

responsible for the accuracy of financial reports. Others might include directors among those held responsible, with at least the confiscation of all incentive pay gained as a result of deliberate inaccuracies. How did we get into this mess? Did an overemphasis on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS

are amazing (and incredibly fun), the team is great, and I am working in an industry that I love. I still don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life or how to find the perfect balance between my musicianship and my professional... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

26 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Black Excellence: AASU’s 2019 Fall Retreat in Review

annual retreat serves as an opportunity to pause and reflect. RCs are often grappling with balancing new priorities, and ECs are trying to embrace the reality that graduation is just around the corner. The theme of this year's retreat,... View Details

15 Mar 2019
Blog Post

PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path

JD/MBA student to take a significant load of academic credits while balancing numerous commitments and activities. Veterans may find themselves right at home in this environment. Second, the JD/MBA program opens to you the entirety of... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Luxe Redux

clients while attracting new customers.” At Steuben, Haupt says that there’s an ongoing assessment of the appropriate balance between a product’s form and function and how that fits with the way people live today. In the past, she notes,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

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Layla A. Ramirez

Layla A Ramirez has more than 7 years of experience leading global, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) initiatives and coaching C-Level executives as they navigate their DEIB journeys. She is well known for coaching the whole person and for asking... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Technology

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

examples of how, by practicing judo principles of movement (not inviting attack, defining the competitive space, and following through fast); balance (gripping your opponent, avoiding tit-for-tat, and pushing when pulled); and leverage... View Details